Installed my 7998 today!!!!

[skierxx5556 10+ year member]

Well ive only had it installed for a few days but some of the differences that I can tell so far are that the xover and eq are way more flexable, the pre out voltages are much higher, and there is no where near as much noise coming from the unit as there was with my 9815. Those are some what I have noticed so far but I have only had maybe an hour to mess around with it so after this weekend I should have a better idea of the differences.

 

[rocky 59 5,000+ posts]

i want one now!

 

[skierxx5556 10+ year member]

i want one now!

Theres 4 on ebay right now...

http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?cgiurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcgi.ebay.com%2Fws%2F&fkr=1&from=R8&satitle=alpine+7998&category0=

 

[rocky 59 5,000+ posts]

http://cgi.ebay.com/Alpine-CDA-7998_W0QQitemZ5837066349QQcategoryZ39750QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

how mcuh would this be to fix and how much would it cost???

 

[Ayrton 10+ year member]

how mcuh would this be to fix and how much would it cost???

Alpine used to charge a flat $75 plus shipping to repair an item.

http://www.alpine-usa.com/support/service_center/service_center.htm

Check and see to be sure.

 

[rocky 59 5,000+ posts]

ya i am thinking of buying it and sending it in to be fixed good idea?? and i noticed it was powered by preamp whats that mean and is there anything speacial needed to make this HU work or is it as easy as taking out my old HU then rewiring then slapping this bad boy in?

 

[rbenz27 10+ year member]

How does the 7998 stack up against the 9835? Any differences, pro's and con's?

 

[VIPER118 10+ year member]

nice deck man...i've got the 7897...things are very sweet...

 

[Ayrton 10+ year member]

The 7998 is a "dead head" and has no internal amp. You would have to have an amplifier to run any speakers.

The CDA-7998 is considered by many to be the last of the "great sq" decks from Alpine before they seperated the lines (normal vs F#1).

 

[rocky 59 5,000+ posts]

cool i have everything amped already so sweet. now would it be worth it to fix it and use this head

http://cgi.ebay.com/Alpine-CDA-7998_...QQcmdZViewItem